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Welcome to the EG1003 Online Lab Manual website. This site contains all the academic material you need for the course. For administrative matters such as lab report submission, please visit eg.poly.edu.

You can click on anything underlined on this page to link to the material.

Course Information

• Comments from Course Director
• The Course
• Structure
• Absence and Lateness Policies
• Teamwork
• Ethics
• Plagiarism
• How to Use the EG1003 Websites
• How to Submit Work to the EG1003 Website
• EG1003 Grading Policy
• Safety Guidelines
• Keeping a Laboratory Notebook
• Software Requirements

PowerPoint Presentations

• Introduction to EG1003
• Introduction to EGED I
• Introduction to EGED II
• Introduction to EGED III
• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
• Safety Guidelines
• Display Case Presentation

Laboratory Experiments

Write-ups

• Lab 1A — Introduction to Microsoft Office
• Lab 1B — Virtual Product Dissection
• Lab 1C — Introduction to 3D Printing
• Lab 2 — Boom Construction Competition
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation
• Lab 4 — CAD Competition
  • 3D Modeling and CAD Video
  • CAD Guide
• Lab 5 — Prototyping with Micro-controllers, Sensors, and Materials
  • 3D Printing and Prototyping Video
• Lab 6 — Modelshop Session I
• Lab 7 — Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 8 — Digital Logic
  • NI ELVIS Tutorial Video
• Lab 9 — Modelshop Session II
• Lab 10 — Sustainable Energy Vehicle Competition
  • Digital Multi-Meters Guidelines
• Lab 11 — Biomedical Forensics

PowerPoint Presentations

• Lab 1A & 1C — Software for Engineers
• Lab 1B — Virtual Product Dissection
• Lab 2 — Boom Construction Competition
• Lab 3 — Product Evaluation
• Lab 4 — CAD Competition
• Lab 5 — Prototyping with Micro-controllers, Sensors, and Materials
• Lab 6 — Modelshop Session I
• Lab 7 — Introduction to LabVIEW
• Lab 8 — Digital Logic
• Lab 9 — Modelshop Session II
• Lab 10 — Sustainable Energy Vehicle Competition
• Lab 11 — Biomedical Forensics

Semester-Long Design Project

Project Information

Please read the RFP for your project carefully. Any deviation from these specifications must be approved by your recitation professor.

• Introduction to the Semester-Long Design Projects (SLDPs)
• Spring 2020 Configurations
• Open Lab Rules
• Rapid Assembly & Design Challenge (RAD)
  • Technical Online Library
• NYU-Housing & Innovation in Revit (HIR)
  • Revit How-To
  • How to Make an STL File From a Revit File
• Bomb Disarming Robot (BDR)
• Retrieval & Delivery System (RDS)
• Search & Recovery Robot (SRR)
• Biomedical Device (BMD)
• Mars Rover Robot (MRR)
  • VEX Building Guide
  • VEX CAD Assembly Guide
  • VEX Library Guide

Project Submission

• Submission Guidelines
• Online Submission FAQs

Help & How-Tos

• LEGO EV3
  • Sensors (EV3)
  • Sensors Tutorial
  • Sensors Training
  • Lego Digital Designer Skill Builder
• General SLDP
  • Teamwork Agreement Instructions
  • Microsoft Project Summary Sheet
  • Microsoft Project Student Guide Presentation
  • Price list for Lego parts for robot projects
  • Price list for VEX parts for robot projects
  • How to plan the schedule and calculate costs for a project
  • How to Show Cost Data in Presentations
  • Robot Construction Tips
• 3D Printing
  • 3D Printing Guide
  • 3D Printing Cura Guide

Help & How-Tos

Technical Writing

• What Is It?
• Your Audience and Purpose
• Introduction
• Lab Report Format
• Introductions and Conclusions
• Active and Passive Voice
• Creating a Logical Argument
• Descriptions - Mechanism and Process
• Writing Numbers, Units of Measure, and Equations
• Graphics in Technical Reports
• Writing Software Documentation
• How to Write an Effective Resume
• Persuasion
• Team Authoring Strategies
• Editing
• Punctuation
• The Use of Articles
• WC Lab Report Rubric
• WC RAD FDR Rubric

WC Presentations

• How to Write Lab Reports in EG1003
• Passive Voice
• Citing Sources
• Formatting Numbers
• Using Capital Letters
• Verb Tense in Lab Reports
• Professional Tone
• Resumes
• Sentence Combining
• Commas
• Writing Consultant Teamwork Presentation
• Introductions

Sample Work

This section contains two imaginary labs and typical submissions that would be associated with them.

• Introduction to the Sample Labs

Regular Lab

• Lab 1701 - Faster-than-light Travel
• Annotated lab report
• Annotated presentation
• Presentation

Competition Lab

• Lab 500 - Stock Car Racer
• Annotated lab report
• Annotated presentation
• Presentation

Design Project

This section is still under construction. Sample SLDP documents will be posted as they become available.

• Milestone 1
• Milestone 2
• Milestone 3
• Final Presentation

Technical Presentations

• EG1003 Lab Presentation Format
• How to Give a Recitation Presentation
• EG1003 Project Milestone Presentation Format
• How to give a Milestone Presentation
• How to give the Final Project Presentation
• Giving Effective Presentations
• Effective Slide Formats
• Giving the Presentation
• Blunders to Avoid

Archived Pages

Pages kept for historical purposes can be found in The Archive.

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